Oar-lock-supporting device.



A. B. CELLA.

OAR LOCK SUPPORTING DEVICE.

PPLICATION FILTD FEB. 2, 1916.

1 1 85, 1 78. Patented May 30, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT B. CELLA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB 0F ONE-THIRD '10 FELIXGEHR- MANN AND ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE W. HULL, BOTH OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OAR-LOCK-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 2, 1916. Serial No. 75,663.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT B. CELLA, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inOar-Lock-Supporting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide a novel, simple and economical construction ofoar-lock supporting device which may be secured to the gunwale of a boatat any point along its length and be adjusted to any position along thegunwale, as conditions render it desirable, thus permitting the operatorof the boat to position the oars at any desired point along the gunwale,it being my desire to provide a construction of device of the characterstated, which may not only be provided as a portion of the equipment ofa row-boat, but

for use in connection with motor-boats, sailboats, canoes and the like,for propelling the boat, the nature of the device permitting it to bestored away, if desired, in the boat, and applied immediately tooperative position thereon when conditions render its use desirable.

Referring to the accompanying drawingz-Figure 1 is a view in verticalelevation of an oar-lock supporting device constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a section taken at the line 2- on Fig. land viewed in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 3, a plan view of thedevice with the oar-lock proper, provided. as a separate part, removed.

My improved device is formed of a bodymember 4 which, by preference, isformed by casting it from metal, and is so shaped as to fit over thegunwale of a boat. To this end the member 4 is recessed, as indicated,at 5 affording an angular section 6, in which a screw 7 is threaded,this screw extending transversely of the opposite wall 8 of the member 4and having'a finger grip 9 adapting it to be rotated in the section 6 ineither direction to adjust it toward, and away from, the wall 8. Thescrew 7 at its inner end carries a plate 10 connected therewith by auniversal-joint 11 and disposed transversely of the'screw 7 The plate 10is preferably provided on one face with a series of projections 12,spaced apart, and bent to form a socket in which the ball-shapedextremity 13 of the screw is confined against displacement, the fit ofthe ball 13 within the socket, however, being sufficiently loose topermit the plate 10 to have -universal movementabout the inner end ofthe screw 7.

The device is adapted to be clamped in position on the gunwale of aboat, between the face f5 of the member 4 and the plate 10, by adjustingthe screw 7, the face 8 and plate 10 being preferably provided withprojections 14 and 15, respectively, to aid in the security of thefastemng. The plate 10 is preferably connected with the screw 7 at theball and socket connection described, at a non-central point on theplate, as illustrated, whereby, upon turning the plate half-way aroundat this connection, either end thereof maybe caused to-extend uppermost,this feature permitting the device to be securely clamped to gunwaleshaving headings or coamings along their inner surfaces. The feature ofhaving the ball and socket connection provides for the adaptability ofthe device to gunwales having inner surfaces which are inclined relativeto their outer surfaces, which is sometimes the case in boatconstruction; and these two features combined in the device serve, aswill be manifest, to adapt it to be securely fastened in place ongunwales of widely differing forms, rendering the device capable ofsubstantially universal application. r

In the particular illustrated embodiment of my invention the oar-lockproper is provided as a part separate from the rest of the device and isadapted to be pivotally supported in the latter to permit of a desirableoscillating movement of the oar-lock on the boat in the operation of theoars. To this end the body has an uprightly-disposed socket section 16,the socket 17 of which receives, and pivotally confines in the bearingthus provided, the oar-lock proper, as, for example, that illustrated at18, and which may be of any suitable construction. Ears 19 arepreferably provided on the member 4 to extend in opposite directionstherefrom, adjacent the upper wall of the recess 5,these cars, when thedevice is positioned for use asstated, bearing fiatwise against theupper surface of the gunwale and preventing rock: ing of the devicethereon when the oar (not shown) seated in the oar-lock proper 18, isoperated.

The adaptability of my improved oar-lock supporting device to gunwalesof widely differing shapes and widths and the capabil- 1W ity of thedevice of adjustment to any point stood as limiting it thereto, as thesame may be variously modified and altered without departing from thespirit of my invention. What I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 2- 1. An oar-lock supporting device comprising amember having a recess at which it is adapted to be applied instraddling position to the gunwale of a boat, a screw having threadedengagement with said member, and a head rotatably connected with saidscrew at a point nearer one end than the other of said head and betweenwhich and a side of said recess, said member is adapted to be clamped tothe gunwale. I

2. An oar-lock supporting device comprising a member having a recess atwhich it is adapted to be applied in straddling position to the gunwaleof a boat, a screw having threaded-engagement with said member, and ahead having universal-joint connection with said screw at a point nearerone end than the other of said head, and between which and a side ofsaid recess, said member is adapted to be clamped to the gunwale,

3. An oar-lock supporting device comprising a s'ocketing-member having arecess at which it is adapted to be applied in straddling position tothe gunwale of a boat and containing a socket for receiving the oarlockproper, a screw having threaded engagement with said member and a headrotatably connected with said screw at a point nearer one end than theother of said head and between which and a side of said recess, saidmember is adapted to be clamped to the gunwale.

4. An oar-lock supporting device comprising a socketing-member having arecess at which it is adapted to be applied in strad dling position tothe nwale of a boat and containing a socket tor receiving the oarlockproper, a screw having threaded-engagement with said member, and a headhaving universal-joint connection with said screw at a point nearer oneend than the other of said head, and between which and a side ofsaidirecess, said member is adapted to be clamped to the gunwale.

5. An oar-lock supporting device comprising a member having a recess atwhich it is adapted-to be applied in straddling position to the gunwaleof a boat, a screw having threaded-engagement with said member, a headhaving universal-joint connection with the inner end of said screw, at apoint nearer one end than the other of said head and be tween which anda side of said recess, said member is adapted to be clamped, to thegunwale, said member having asocketingsection containing a socketadaptedto receive the oar-lock proper, and projections on said memberextending in opposite directions and adapted, when the device ispositioned for use, to extend adjacent the top surface of the gunwaleand prevent the device from rocking thereon.

' ALBERT B. OELLA.

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